I tried putting my sunroof back and it won't go back... sometimes it'll go back REALLY slow for about 3" then stop... then i gotta wait a while for it to "charge up" then i can put it back down, but i gotta kinda push it/guide it.

Anyone have a clue why this is being gay or how i can fix it?

 

Have you ever 'lube' your sun roof rail?

 

just take it off and fill it

 

how do i go about doing that? And i fill what? the rail?

will stp grease work or is there a special grease?

sorry, im pretty illiterate when it comes to "electrical" problems like sunroofs eating crap

thanks for you help guys,
Ryan

 

he was meaning get rid of that sun roof as a whole....i.e. fill in the whole it would leave

 

If it's going really slowly or not at all there's a good chance that the sunroof motor's on it's way out. You might want to take it to the dealership and have it looked at, or get a Helms and go through the troubleshooting flow chart

 

Well since you're saying that the Sunroof has a motor doing its work, that means it must use the same principles as every motor. And since motors run by using an Armature and a Magnetic Field, I would have to say that there is two possibilities for a slow motor..

One, there's excessive resistance in the motor itself. For this to happen, I would say that you've worn bushings. That would cause the Armature to rub up against the Pole Shoes and cause it run slowly..

Two, the load that it's moving is getting stuck somewhere.. Maybe the rail needs grease or oil..

I'm not too familiar with the Sunroof, but I am pretty familiar with Electrical Principles.. Hope that helps..

 

It is either of two things, not enough grease/lube or the sunroof has come out of it's sunroof track. If this is the problem, unbolt the sunrrof track, 6 bolts hold it in, use a allen key or allen key socket. Take out the glass, then take a look at the track by moving it back and forth and you will see it is stuck, Take a couple of screwdrivers and pry it back so the track can move back fully..

AW

 

I bow down to your superior electrical knowledge

 

jesus man.. you lost me with the magneticaldoohicky field thingey...
haha...

im gonna check out my helms.. if im too lazy i'll just have my mechanic look at it while it's at the shop tomorrow. (getting A/C repumped)